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526. Can You Hear Me Now?

Exodus 3:1-15

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... I'd rather not. Please, I'd rather not. O my Lord, please send someone else." Jill Briscoe wrote a book with a telling title, Here I Am, Send Aaron. Today we say send my pastor, my deacon, my spouse, but don't send me. When our self feels fearful, unimaginative, inadequate, small, or fractured, we need to listen to Paul again, "Consider your call...." God calls and gifts us. How we are wired is the clue to God's call for our lives. Vocatio is found in our gifts, our temperament, our personality, our passion ...

527. Bloody Lintels — Broken Bread

Exodus 12:1-14

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... home, A long ways, long ways, long ways from home. Oooo. Crushed and suffocated by the harsh demands of their Egyptian oppressors, a plaintive lament rises up to the heavens -- a great groaning from the Children of Israel to God: Sometimes I feel like a motherless chile, Sometimes I feel like motherless chile, A long ways, long ways, long ways from home. Oooo. Those Hebrew yearnings ran deep. "We want to be free -- free at last!" Moses arrives on the scene, the dust of the desert caking his face, his hair ...

528. Seeing Just Enough of God

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... church does its ministry not knowing what the future holds. How do we do our ministry in the midst of secularism, rampant sensuality, and the massive indifference of the culture to the message of the church? With so many needs to address, the church can feel overwhelmed. In our personal lives, and in the mission of the church, we aren't promised that everything will go the way we want. We face challenges, surprises, pain, and difficulties. We can face tasks that seem too great for us to accomplish. We may ...

529. Dig In

Jeremiah 29:1-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... to scripture to discover some instruction, some meaning for their lives. They turned to Jeremiah. Which is what we are to do. Particularly if you feel exiled from the world that you grew up in, then Jeremiah is speaking to you. Or if you find yourself in a situation in ... day looking up at the tall buildings and the tall people. When I got home I cried. I told my mother that the city made me feel that I don't matter, that I am so little and it is so big. She dried my eyes, and told me, `You're wrong. Everybody ...

530. The Time of Waiting Is Over

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... . I was traveling in a foreign land, part of a tour. We arrived at a place that looked like an American colony, a familiar place. We were greeted by attractive young people, the kind you see at Disneyland as hosts and hostesses. It gave you a good feeling. It was like a homecoming. But then I began to recognize these people. I had seen them before. This was not some friendly place. This was a dangerous and hostile prison we had stumbled on. We had been deceived. The workers who were so helpful in getting ...

531. The Devil Takes Visa

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... an attempt to be normalized? Is the "it-hurts-just-to-look-at-it" fixation on body-piercing an attempt to be normalized? Is the fingernail-to-toenail tattooed body-art an attempt to be normalized? Is the busier, healthier, "I'm-as-young-as-I-feel" lifestyle of the now 70-something Builder generation an attempt to be normalized? It seems almost as if the only way to fit in today is by standing out. The only acceptable conformity is nonconformity. What else could possibly explain how one of the most focused ...

532. When Self-esteem is Snake Oil

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , "Well, of course, all nuns are." Mother Teresa said, "No, you don't understand. I really am. I have such a love for Jesus that I feel the presence of Jesus everywhere in that day-old child that was left at the convent door who needs a life and an education, or that ... use in the world. I see Christ in that child and that leper. I can't do enough for my beloved. And so my beloved, I feel, can't do enough for me. That's why I'm able to do these things." (From Jean Houston's audio book, "Myths for the Future ...

533. Lord, Teach Us How to Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

James McCormick

... God is always available, always seeking to make contact with us and give us the best gifts of life. But only God’s “regular customers” have developed the sensitivity necessary to see God, to hear God, and to respond to God. This means that we must not wait until we feel like it to pray. No, we pray daily as a matter of faith, as a matter of trust, believing that God will meet us in prayer and do something good for us. We trust that and we act on that, even at those times when we do not have religious ...

534. Changed Lives - Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star, He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.” He would belt that out when he was feeling really happy. But one day he wasn’t all that happy. When the little girl came running up the hill to walk on the dirt runway ... Valley, the Bright and Morning Star, He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.” He used to belt that out when he was feeling really happy. But one day he wasn’t all that happy. When the little girl came running up the hill to walk on the dirt ...

535. A Time for Penance and a Time for Partridge

Ps 100, Col 2:1-7

Sermon

... doing on the character test. Namely, have the events of autumn left us hardened or humbled….bitter over what we have lost, or grateful for all that we have left (which we, until recently, took for granted)?" On one hand, the Bible commands gratitude, quite apart from whether we feel it or not. I remember once telling my mother that I shouldn't have to write a thank-you note for a shirt I didn't like and wouldn't wear….even if hell froze over and I had to face its icy blasts bare-chested. What my mother ...

536. I Believe In The Holy Spirit

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... home. On that one day I made over 20 pastoral calls. And then the pace began to catch up with me. I began to feel edgy, anxious, and tense. I began to have trouble sleeping. I developed chronic indigestion. So I went to see my wise old physician. I ... ends. You are demanding more from yourself than you should. Your body and mind are complaining.” Then he said something that hurt my feelings. He said, “You need to find a source bigger than you are.” Well, I thanked him for his opinion but left his office ...

537. The Lord's Song in a Foreign Land

Psalm 137:1-9

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... to lift up the values of God's kingdom in a society which mocks them; not easy to sing the Lord's song in what often feels like a foreign land. But it is the song we have been given to sing… 1. IT'S THE SONG OF SHALOM IN A WORLD OF ... their harps on the willows, they hung on to the memory, the vision of the kingdom, and in it they found hope. You can almost feel their spines stiffen and heads lift as they remember Jerusalem. Their captors may have taken them out of Jerusalem, but they could never take ...

538. Why We Need to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... have forgiven the debt that was owed to you?” And Jesus asks the same question of us today. “Forgive us our debts,” he taught us to pray, “as we forgive our debtors.” It can be a hard teaching for many people. Sometimes our hurt can go so deep, we feel we cannot let go of it. But we can and we must for our own well-being. With much prayer and a clear commitment to it, we can forgive as we have been forgiven. Pete Peterson was appointed U.S. ambassador to Vietnam in the late 1990s. Long before that ...

539. With Friends Like These ...

Job 38:1-7 (34-41)

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... they will need to see them through this and other tragedies that inevitably will touch their lives. Our presence alone can often be our greatest gift and comfort. Job's friends might have been a great comfort to him, had they not tried to talk him out of his feelings and attempted to explain away his pain. His friend, Eliphaz, says, "Job, you've been a big help to many people who were in pain. Now it's your turn. Think, Job. Of all the people you have helped, did any of them ever suffer for nothing? Give ...

540. A Go-Ahead God

Mark 16:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... fracas at the temple, and onto the cross at Golgotha. Jesus willingly "went ahead" of us to experience the suffering and death that were really supposed to be part of our turn. This morning we exalt in the victory Christ achieved over death, but we also feel the safety and security that come from watching someone else, God's Son, "go ahead." The angelic messenger in Mark's gospel offers us even more reassurance by proclaiming that this Jesus who willingly "went ahead" of us, even onto the cross and into the ...

541. Mark 5:21-43

Mark 5:21-43

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... more than a desperate father. While the language of Jairus' request still sounds more like that of a man who is used to giving orders and having them followed ("Come and lay your hands on her .... " v.23), his bowed body reveals that he feels the desperate weight of his daughter's illness. Out of love and concern for his little girl, Jairus' posture of importance is punctured, collapsing him at Jesus' feet. The sickness ravaging his daughter's body infects the whole familial body. Jesus responds quickly to ...

542. The Heart of the Matter

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... give me a new heart.” There is someone in this congregation who is praying that prayer right now. Is it even possible to get a new heart? Is it even possible to reprogram our emotions? Is it even possible to get rid of all those negative, hurtful feelings that sometimes well up within us and often overwhelm us? Is it possible to get rid of guilt and greed, lust and loathing, fear and unfaithfulness? In other words, is change really possible? It is not easy to change the heart. Some people would say it’s ...

543. Love that Kneels

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... with the Parable of the Prodigal Son. He said he was. She asked if he’d be willing to play the role of the older son, if she got the other characters. He agreed. So did a father with a long-haired, rebellious younger son. Hard feelings existed between them. The cast was assembled and the script, Luke 15:11-32, was read. After some awkward moments in which parable and real life collapsed into each other, the father spontaneously knelt before his two “sons.” His humble plea that they be reconciled moved ...

544. It's Not a Snuggie Love

Mark 15:1-15, Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... as he approached the city, shook their heads and taunted Jesus to “save yourself” as he hung on his cross at Golgotha. Their “love-to-love” Jesus turned easily into a “love-to-hate” Jesus. The cross of Christ is not “Snuggie Love.” Fuzzy flannel feel-good “Snuggie love” is not the love that Jesus offered on the cross. Cross-love, upright and nailed down, is the kind of love Jesus brought into Jerusalem and, with the help of Simon of Cyrene, the kind of love he carried out of that city ...

545. When I Am Tempted

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... limit all sexual activity to the person that we are married to. Yet, as we know, co-habitation, living together out of wedlock, and casual sex is at an all-time high in this country. I am convinced one of the devil's favorite lines is "If it feels good, do it!" This is exactly the temptation that Satan gave to Jesus and that is - separate the physical from the spiritual. It doesn't matter what God wants, what matter is what you want. I want to make something very plain. There is nothing wrong with physical ...

546. The Opportunity of a Lifetime

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... could get use to this This could be the opportunity of a lifetime My heart melts when you whisper my name I've got a feeling if you're feeling the same This could be the opportunity of a lifetime We've got a chance at real true love We'd have to be crazy to ... account; they just simply went out behind the bank and buried it in the ground. You would be livid. But how do you think God feels when He invests gifts and abilities in you straight from His hand, and then you fail to use them for His glory? You see, as ...

547. You Can Know What to Do With Your Life

Proverbs 3:5-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... Southeast." Remember this. When the compass of God's Word points one way, but you choose to follow what you think or what you feel and go any other way, you are headed for disaster. My youngest son is thinking very seriously about getting his private pilot's ... God will put you in the right place. When you trust Him and not yourself, when you lean on Him, not on your thoughts or your feelings, when you acknowledge Him in all your ways, then He will direct you and guide you and show you what He wants you to do ...

548. Eating in the Echoing Hall

2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... him. Joab's armor bearers then finished Absalom off. When David received word that his son was dead, he broke down and cried, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son." We can feel David's pain here and feel sorry for him. No matter what his son had done against him, David still loved him, but now he had lost him. And most parents would be willing to give their own lives if that would save one of their children. We can certainly hear the regret ...

549. The Good News about Money

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... cases, homes have been lost and with all that, there has been an unbelievable strain on family relationships. Many of us do not feel very rich. Yet, compared to most of the people who have ever lived, we are rich. Let me read you a prayer written ... of our time, our talents, and our money to serving Christ. It’s true, and we can do much more. If that makes you feel a little guilty, I’m sorry. Guilt is sometimes called for. As the old agnostic once commented, "If I believed what you Christians believe, ...

550. Shine, Moses, Shine

Exodus 34:29-35

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... of peace that passes all understanding. Moses and God converse, while God explains a plan to free God's people from their subservience in Egypt. Moses, in a worshipful mood, suddenly realizes that he is about to undergo another career change in midlife. He doesn't feel up to the challenge, but God promises to provide Moses with a spokesperson, and anything else he may need for the journey. We marvel in the vulnerability of God, to be present in a simple earthly vessel - a plain old bush - to a sinner who is ...

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